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Jan. 29, 2015 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O1
Snowmobiles and other over-snow vehicles eventually will be allowed to ride only on roads, trails and areas specifically designated for their use, according to a rule being adopted by the …

Dec. 25, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O4
A Western Montana man and former wilderness ranger recently received a national award for tending to the recreation programs in the Cabinet Mountains and wilderness area. Joel Sather, recreation technician …

Nov. 26, 2014 in City, Idaho on Page A8
Photos from the Colville National Forest’s archives offer a glimpse of what it was like to work in the woods of Northeast Washington during the early 1900s. Being a Forest …
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Nov. 21, 2014 in City, Region on Page A6
More than 9 million acres of forest in Washington and Oregon should be selectively logged and burned to make the remaining trees more resistant to wildfire, disease and drought, according …
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Oct. 12, 2014 in Outdoors on Page C12
The Scotchman Peaks roadless area northeast of Lake Pend Oreille isn’t an official wilderness, but it was served by a “wilderness ranger” this summer and gained a standout new trail …
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Sept. 13, 2014 in City, Idaho on Page B1
The dry forest north of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation used to burn every five to 20 years, resulting in open stands of ponderosa pine. But a century …

Aug. 21, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O2
As crews continue to harness wildfires in the Methow Valley region of northcentral Washington, the U.S. Forest Service has been able to reopen more recreation areas this week. Most backcountry …

Aug. 20, 2014 in City
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration detailed on Wednesday the toll that the escalating cost of fighting forest fires has had on other projects as it pushes Congress to overhaul how …

Aug. 15, 2014 in City, Green Local News on Page A5
Will Young looks for signs of washout as he tramps along an old U.S. Forest Service road. It’s been years since logging trucks last lumbered down this dirt road, which …
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June 23, 2014 in Outdoors on Page C9
TRAILS – A new Cabinet Mountains Wilderness map, featuring about 80 trails, has been published by conservation groups celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. “The last Forest Service …

June 19, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O1
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is co-sponsoring a bill in Congress that would give county commissioners and small communities near national forests a commanding role in deciding where off-highway motor vehicles …
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April 30, 2014 in Idaho on Page A8
North Idaho’s counties want more influence over how the U.S. Forest Service manages hundreds of thousands of acres in the region. Actions such as road closures, fire management and proposed …
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April 8, 2014 in Idaho on Page A6
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests is planning a new headquarters in Coeur d’Alene. Construction of the two-story building will begin in 2018, and it will also house two other agencies. …

March 2, 2014 in Idaho on Page B1
A U.S. Forest Service land exchange that failed to win public support during years of study and hearings shouldn’t get pushed through Congress by Idaho’s delegation, a group of retired …
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Feb. 7, 2014 on Page A7
One of North Idaho’s most popular campgrounds will be closed this year while the Forest Service removes hazardous trees. Towering Douglas firs and grand firs are part of the ambience …

Nov. 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12
A newly revised Forest Service management plan outlines 161,400 acres suitable for official wilderness designation in North Idaho. That’s 22,000 acres more than were recommended in the draft plan put …
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Sept. 29, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C13
FORESTS – Road work will restrict access starting this week to popular fall destinations in the region’s national forests. The Roman Nose trailhead in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests will …

Sept. 19, 2013 in City on Page A5
The Colville National Forest has awarded a 10-year stewardship contract to a Northeast Washington sawmill owner, allowing logging in return for restoration work. Vaagen Brothers Lumber Co. was the sole …
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Sept. 19, 2013 in City on Page A6
BOISE – Federal forest administrators issued a closure order Wednesday for a section of U.S. Highway 12 through north-central Idaho that for now suspends all future trucking of big and …
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Aug. 18, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C10
Holly Weiler was blunt in the Spokane Mountaineers calendar item about the August trip she was leading through the Glacier Peak Wilderness: “We’re hiking a loop –Trinity Trailhead (near Lake …

Aug. 18, 2013 in Outdoors
Holly Weiler was blunt in the Spokane Mountaineers calendar item about the August trip she was leading through the Glacier Peak Wilderness: “We’re hiking a loop –Trinity Trailhead (near Lake …

Aug. 4, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C9
FISHING – More than 6.2 million pink salmon are surging into Puget Sound this month in their return that occurs on odd-numbered years, according to the Washington Department of Fish …
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July 28, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C10
Slimmed-down versions of utility-terrain vehicles cannot be used on any trails on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. But they are legal on all-terrain vehicle trails on forests to the north, …

July 28, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B1
The controversy over shipping oversize loads to Alberta’s oil patch through an Idaho river corridor took another turn last week. Two giant water-purification units arrived at the Port of Wilma …
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July 14, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C9
Careless shooters blamed for starting wildfires have prompted federal land managers and most state agencies to restrict or ban the use of exploding targets on public lands in Idaho, Washington …

June 30, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C10
Lynn Smith, 64, takes as much pride in the region’s public lands as he does in his Hayden-area backyard. During the Spokane Mountaineers’ Wednesday evening hikes he’s led for 15 …